Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Twin Cities Area
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown